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• Memo: Action on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  Memorandum from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns containing updates on the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and its Conference Committee Report. Attached is a memorandum on "killer amendments" for the ADA.
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the National Restaurant Association on the Chapman Foodhandling Amendment
  Dear Senator letter from the National Restaurant Association and other food industry groups asking for Congress to make a motion to recommit the conference report and accept the Chapman Foodhandling Amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
  Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities urging the Senate to oppose a motion to instruct the Chapman "foodhandlers amendment" to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the American Jewish Committee supporting the ADA
  Dear Senator letter from Sholom D. Comay, President of the American Jewish Committee, expressing their support for the Conference Report on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities on the final passage of the ADA
  Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities in urging Congress to vote in favor of the final passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Includes a list of more than 160 organizations in support of the ADA's passage.
• Memo: The Chapman amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act
  Memorandum containing updates on the passage of a version of the Americans with Disabilities containing the Chapman food handling amendment passed by the House. Attached is a list of groups that support the Chapman amendment and a newspaper clippings.
• Correspondence: Letter from the National Federation of Independent Business to Senator Dole on the ADA
  Letter from the National Federation of Independent Business to Senator Bob Dole stating their disapproval of Congress exempting itself from provisions within the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from James Canaday on Amtrak's accessibility
  Letter to Senator Dole from James Canaday containing a letter Canaday had sent to Amtrak's customer service. The letter to Amtrak concerns an incident a blind patron had on an Amtrak train.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from the Kansas Restaurant Association on the Chapman food handler amendment to the ADA
  Letter to Senator Dole from the Executive Vice President of the Kansas Restaurant Association, George Puckett, in support of the Chapman "Foodhandlers" amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from Robert A. Gifford on the Chapman food handlers amendment to the ADA
  Letter to Senator Dole's office from Robert A. Gifford, a legislative representative for the National Restaurant Association, following up on a meeting between himself and Senator Dole about the Chapman food handling amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Whip notice containing the Senate schedule for July 9-11, 1990
  Whip notice containing the Senate schedule for July 9-11, 1990, which includes S. 2104, a bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and possibly consideration for the Conference report on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Statement on the Final Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act by Senator Bob Dole
  Statement by Senator Bob Dole in support of the final passage of the Conference Report on the Americans with Disabilities Act. He references Nelson Mandela's fight for equal rights in South Africa and quotes Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Fax: Message to Maureen West from Jane West on the ADA Commission
  Fax message to Maureen West from Jane West regarding the ADA Commission proposal. Contains a membership list of the National Commission on the Americans with Disabilities Act, the last two pages of the Commission's proposal, and a draft letter to Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress, recognizing Nancy Lee Jones of the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service.
• Fax: Message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns containing updates on "killer amendments" to the ADA.
  Message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns. Attached are updates to the "killer amendments" to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Fax: Message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns containing ADA updates
  Fax message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns. Attached are updates to the "killer amendments" to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Boren from the William R. Upthegrove on the Chapman food handling amendment to the ADA
  Letter to Senator David L. Boren from William R. Upthegrove, Chairman of the Oklahoma Governmental Activities Committee and the Committee of the Oklahoma Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities, stating his reasoning for disapproving of the Chapman amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Senator Dole's position on the Equal Rights Amendment in a speech draft
  Statement by Senator Dole titled "Dole's Position on ERA." Explains Senator Dole's position on extending the deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
• Equal Rights Amendment (Proposed), Issue Brief Number IB74122
  Report by the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service. It describes the controversy surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment and extending its ratification deadline.
• Memo prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) concerning ERA and proposed extension of ratification
  Letter to a member of Congress from the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service regarding the Equal Rights Amendment and the proposed extension of the ERA ratification deadline.
• The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment
  Congressional Research Service report on the proposed Equal Rights Amendment.
• Correspondence from Reagan to Dole on retirement income for women
  Letter to Dole from Ronald Reagan expressing appreciation for legislation he introduced to provide greater equity for the provision of retirement income for women
• Dole Reintroduces Anti-Sex Bias Bill, Wins Endorsement of Major Women's Groups
  Press release detailing Bob Dole's reintroduction of the Sex Discrimination in the U.S. Code Reform Act
• Women's Issues
  "a monthly information and learning resource on various issues for Republican Senate candidates in 1984." Packet includes statistics and articles from publications including Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, National Review, Washington Post. The packet is geared toward supporting Reagan's re-election, as polls at the time indicated women made up the majority of the population but did not tend to favor Reagan.
• Advertisement for the Campaign Fund for Republican Women
  Informational page on the Campaign Fund for Republican Women, a PAC (political action committee) focused on funding Republican women running for office
• Women's Issues: Dealing with the Gender Gap Agenda
  Agenda from meeting attended by Nancy Bocskor
• Women's Seminar: Dealing with the Gender Gap
  Nancy Bocskor, Deputy Director of Communications for the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent a memo out to Senate Republican press secretaries about a seminar she attended on women as a target demographic for Republican votes.